Viewer Pro - Silent installation and registration

[martinpaulik]

Hi,

I would like to install and register PDF-XChange Viewer Pro by Silent installation. Is it possible in PDF-XChange Viewer Pro too?

I didn't find switch for registration of PDF-XChange Viewer Pro in User manual.

Many thanks for help. Martin

[Tom - Tracker]

Silently Installing the PDF-XChange PDF Viewer.

Our installers all support both 32 and 64 bit versions of MS Windows.



The latest downloads are available from our web site downloads page.

The PDF-XChange install file is downloaded as a 'ZIP' file from which you must extract the installer itself -: PDFXVwer.exe



Here is an example of the full command line string available :

Most items are optional unless otherwise stated



C:\PDFXVwer.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /COMPONENTS= "PDFViewer,LiveUpdate,Help" /DIR="C:\Program Files\PDF-XChange 3 Pro\PDF-XChange PDF Viewer\" /PDFV



Broken down into sections - these are the switches and what each does:



MAIN install executable and path (required)

e.g: C:\PDFXVwer.exe

The is the full path to the installation executable, note it is the standard install executable - both silent and non silent installations are available from the single executable.



· /VERYSILENT

Designates that the installation once started should be silent and require no user interaction.



· /SILENT

Designates that the install should only request essential information from the user once started



· /NORESTART

Once the install is complete - no reboot will occur - but beware - PDF-XChange may require a reboot before updates will take effect.



· /DIR= (required)

the full path to install all required files to, created if not already available.

e.g : /DIR="C:\Program Files\PDF-XChange 3 Pro\"

Please note that the path details must begin and end with double quote marks (")



· /Group= (Optional)

the Windows 'Start Menu' folder in which to locate the Menu options provided when installing PDF-XChange - this will always be a 'Child' menu option of the default 'Programs Files' menu and this cannot be changed.

e.g : /GROUP="Tracker Software\PDF-XChange 3 Pro"



Please note that the menu location path details must begin and end with double quote marks (")



· /COMPONENTS= (Optional)

If this switch is specified only those components actually listed will be installed, otherwise all components are installed. The available components are:

- pdfviewer: installs the PDF-XChange Viewer. (Required)

- LiveUpdate: installs the LiveUpdate feature. (Recommended)

- Help: Installs the Help file. (Recommended)

e.g. : /COMPONENTS="pdfviewer,LiveUpdate,Help"



Please note that the component list must begin and end with double quote marks (")



· /NOICONS (Optional)

[martinpaulik]

Hi Tom,

thanks, but I thought if installer have this switch:

/Key:"XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"

Is it possible to type serial key in silent installation of PDF-XChange Viewer Pro?

Thanks. Martin

[Ivan - Tracker Software]

Yes, there are some more options:
/KEY="XXXX...."
/USERNAME="user name"
/ORGANIZATION="..."
/USEREMAIL="email"
/LANG=lang_id ; lang id for the language should should be used for default; when it is not specified current user localization will be used (if supported; otherwise - English)
/NODESKICON ; when specified no icons on desktop will be placed
/PDFVINBROWSER ; if specified viewer will be registered to open PDFs in browsers
/PDFV ; if specified viewer will be registered as default application for PDF files

[martinpaulik]

Hi Ivan,

many thanks! Martin